Matthew 16:3 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

And in the morning, It will be foul weather to day: for the sky is red and lowring. O ye hypocrites, ye can discern the face of the sky; but can ye not discern the signs of the times?

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

And in the morning you say, 'It's gonna storm today, look how red and cloudy the sky is.' You hypocrites, you can read the weather perfectly, but you can't recognize what's happening right in front of you spiritually?

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

You can predict the weather but miss what God is doing, priorities, people.

📜 Historical Context — Why was this verse written?

The Gospel of Matthew was likely written by a Jewish Christian, traditionally Matthew, for a community of Jewish believers, possibly in Syria, sometime between 7

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